I got some lipstick. We said hello and then I reached over and grabbed the lipstick and I proceeded to put it on. He was kind of like, ‘What the hell is going on?’ I took off my jacket and I had a little pink sweater on.

–Dallas Buyers Club star JaredLeto describes his long-distance audition with director Jean-Marc Vallée for the role of Rayon, an HIV-afflicted transgender woman. Leto, who’d been out of the movie biz for five years when the opportunity came along, took a few other steps to prove his commitment to the part: he shed 30 pounds and shaved off his eyebrows.[Global News]